Jeonnam Province Strengthens Safety Management in Disaster-Prone Areas

Deputy Governor Mun Geum-ju Visits Jangheung to Inspect Residents' Inconveniences

Jeonnam Province has strengthened safety management in disaster-prone areas within the province as the impact of El Ni?o this year is expected to cause rainfall to increase by more than 40% compared to the average starting from July.

According to the province on the 15th, Deputy Governor Moon Geum-ju visited disaster-prone sites such as Yonggang in Jangpyeong-myeon, Jangheung, and the Noseon Natural Disaster Risk Improvement District to inspect construction site safety management and residents' inconveniences, and instructed to do their best to prevent casualties during the summer season.

The two disaster risk improvement districts inspected that day are rapidly advancing projects to prevent such disasters and to carry out permanent restoration.

The Yonggang district project involves reconstructing three bridges that obstruct the flow of Yonggang Stream and installing a drainage pump station, with a total budget of 9.9 billion KRW to prevent flooding around the river.

The Noseon district project plans to reconstruct two bridges that obstruct the flow of Boseong River and improve the road alignment, investing a total of 7 billion KRW by 2024 to resolve residents' inconveniences.

Deputy Governor Moon said, "The most important thing is the lives and safety of the residents," and urged, "Please predict emergency situations and prepare meticulously to protect the safety of the residents from disasters."

In Jangheung, heavy rain in July 2021 caused one death, 50 households and 89 people to become displaced, damage to 40 buildings including partial collapses and flooding, crop damage over 3,267 hectares, and total damages amounting to 17.5 billion KRW.

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